Carrion crow in one of the trees at the edge of the Barley Field. It was calling loudly, apparently at another crow.
The bright morning sunshine, so rare this winter, was catching its glossy black feathers, making some of them look almost white.
Close-cropped picture of a section of a small but dense patch of snowdrops growing by the side of the Smestow Valley Railway Walk where it is crossed by the road leading to the former municipal (plant) nursery.
One of the many trees brought down by this winter’s repeated gales. This one, growing by the Smestow Valley Railway Walk, had been ripped up by the roots. The earth still sticking to its roots is studded with ballast which must have spilled out from the track while the trains were still running.
Carrion crow keeping watch from the edge of the roof of the derelict crane at Chillington Wharf off the Birmingham Canal.
Early morning frost on some of the moss growing by the root of one of the trees in Bilston churchyard recently.
Twisty winter-bare tree, part of a hedge in the valley of the Warwickshire Stour on a footpath approaching Clifford Chambers.
